{"product_id":"fable-for-another-time-louis-ferdinand-celine-9780803264243","title":"Fable for Another Time: Ferie Pour Une Autre Fois I","description":"\u003ci\u003eFable for Another Time\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most significant and far-reaching literary texts of postwar France. Composed in the tumultuous aftermath of World War II, largely in the Danish prison cell where the author was awaiting extradition to France on charges of high treason, the book offers a unique perspective on the war, the postwar political purges in France, and Louis-Ferdinand C駘ine's own dissident politics. The tale of a man imprisoned and reviled by his own countrymen, the \u003ci\u003eFable\u003c\/i\u003e follows its character's decline from virulent hatred to near madness as a result of his violent frustration with the hypocrisy and banality of his fellow human beings. In part because of the story's clear link to his own case--and because of the legal and political difficulties this presented--C駘ine was compelled to push his famously elliptical, brilliantly vitriolic language to new and extraordinary extremes in \u003ci\u003eFable for Another Time.\u003c\/i\u003e The resulting linguistic and stylistic innovation make this work stand out as one of the most original and revealing literary undertakings of its time. Louis-Ferdinand C駘ine (1894-1961) was a French writer and physician best known for the novels \u003ci\u003eJourney to the End of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e (1932) and \u003ci\u003eDeath on the Installment Plan\u003c\/i\u003e (1936). C駘ine was accused of collaboration during World War II and fled France in 1944 to live first in Germany, then in Denmark, where he was imprisoned for over a year; an amnesty in 1951 allowed him to return to France. C駘ine remains anathema to a large segment of French society for his antisemitic writings; at the same time his novels are enormously admired by each new generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis-Ferdinand C駘ine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803264240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803264243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 5.50w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2003 pg. 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2003 pg. 24","brand":"Louis-Ferdinand C駘ine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996827877631,"sku":"9780803264243","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48f5ffe8-379e-4d8e-9d97-5bee859f1c10.jpg?v=1683343930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fable-for-another-time-louis-ferdinand-celine-9780803264243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}